[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 4582 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4582

        To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2024

  Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, 
Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
        To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Reauthorization Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE ADJUSTMENT 
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Applicability of Certain Provisions.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, the provisions of chapters 2 through 6 of title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on June 30, 2021, and as 
amended by this Act, shall--
            (1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) apply to petitions for certification filed under 
        chapter 2, 3, or 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or 
        after such date of enactment.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision of chapters 2 through 6 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a provision of any such chapter, as in effect on June 30, 
2021.

SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination Provisions.--Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2030''.
    (b) Training Funds.--Section 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``2015 through 2021'' 
and inserting ``2025 through 2031''.
    (c) Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.--Section 246(b)(1) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
``June 30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2030''.
    (d) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
            (1) Trade adjustment assistance for workers.--Section 
        245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended 
        by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 
        2030''.
            (2) Trade adjustment assistance for firms.--Section 255(a) 
        of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2345(a)) is amended by 
        striking ``2015 through 2021'' and inserting ``2025 through 
        2031''.
            (3) Trade adjustment assistance for farmers.--Section 
        298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)) is amended 
        by striking ``2015 through 2021'' and inserting ``2025 through 
        2031''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers.--
            (1) Petitions filed on or after july 1, 2021, and before 
        date of enactment.--
                    (A) Certifications of workers not certified before 
                date of enactment.--
                            (i) Criteria if a determination has not 
                        been made.--If, as of the date of the enactment 
                        of this Act, the Secretary of Labor has not 
                        made a determination with respect to whether to 
                        certify a group of workers as eligible to apply 
                        for adjustment assistance under section 222 of 
                        the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition 
                        described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall 
                        make that determination based on the 
                        requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act of 
                        1974, as in effect on such date of enactment.
                            (ii) Reconsideration of denials of 
                        certifications.--If, before the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act, the Secretary made a 
                        determination not to certify a group of workers 
                        as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
                        under section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 
                        pursuant to a petition described in clause 
                        (iii), the Secretary shall--
                                    (I) reconsider that determination; 
                                and
                                    (II) if the group of workers meets 
                                the requirements of section 222 of the 
                                Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such 
                                date of enactment, certify the group of 
                                workers as eligible to apply for 
                                adjustment assistance.
                            (iii) Petition described.--A petition 
                        described in this clause is a petition for a 
                        certification of eligibility for a group of 
                        workers filed under section 221 of the Trade 
                        Act of 1974 on or after July 1, 2021, and 
                        before the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Eligibility for benefits.--
                            (i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), a worker certified as eligible to 
                        apply for adjustment assistance under section 
                        222 of the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a 
                        petition described in subparagraph (A)(iii) 
                        shall be eligible, on and after the date that 
                        is 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
                        this Act, to receive benefits only under the 
                        provisions of chapter 2 of title II of the 
                        Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of 
                        enactment.
                            (ii) Computation of maximum benefits.--
                        Benefits received by a worker described in 
                        clause (i) under chapter 2 of title II of the 
                        Trade Act of 1974 before the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act shall be included in any 
                        determination of the maximum benefits for which 
                        the worker is eligible under the provisions of 
                        chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
                        as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
                        this Act.
            (2) Petitions filed before july 1, 2021.--A worker 
        certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
        pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 of the Trade Act 
        of 1974 on or before June 30, 2021, shall continue to be 
        eligible to apply for and receive benefits under the provisions 
        of chapter 2 of title II of such Act, as in effect on June 30, 
        2021.
            (3) Qualifying separations with respect to petitions filed 
        within 90 days of date of enactment.--Section 223(b) of the 
        Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, shall be applied and administered by substituting 
        ``before July 1, 2021'' for ``more than one year before the 
        date of the petition on which such certification was granted'' 
        for purposes of determining whether a worker is eligible to 
        apply for adjustment assistance pursuant to a petition filed 
        under section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act and on or before the date that is 
        90 days after such date of enactment.
    (b) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.--
            (1) Certification of firms not certified before date of 
        enactment.--
                    (A) Criteria if a determination has not been 
                made.--If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                the Secretary of Commerce has not made a determination 
                with respect to whether to certify a firm as eligible 
                to apply for adjustment assistance under section 251 of 
                the Trade Act of 1974 pursuant to a petition described 
                in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall make that 
                determination based on the requirements of section 251 
                of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on such date of 
                enactment.
                    (B) Reconsideration of denial of certain 
                petitions.--If, before the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, the Secretary made a determination not to 
                certify a firm as eligible to apply for adjustment 
                assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 
                pursuant to a petition described in subparagraph (C), 
                the Secretary shall--
                            (i) reconsider that determination; and
                            (ii) if the firm meets the requirements of 
                        section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in 
                        effect on such date of enactment, certify the 
                        firm as eligible to apply for adjustment 
                        assistance.
                    (C) Petition described.--A petition described in 
                this subparagraph is a petition for a certification of 
                eligibility filed by a firm or its representative under 
                section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after July 
                1, 2021, and before the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
            (2) Certification of firms that did not submit petitions 
        between july 1, 2021, and date of enactment.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
                certify a firm described in subparagraph (B) as 
                eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
                section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, if the firm or 
                its representative files a petition for a certification 
                of eligibility under section 251 of the Trade Act of 
                1974 not later than 90 days after such date of 
                enactment.
                    (B) Firm described.--A firm described in this 
                subparagraph is a firm that the Secretary determines 
                would have been certified as eligible to apply for 
                adjustment assistance if--
                            (i) the firm or its representative had 
                        filed a petition for a certification of 
                        eligibility under section 251 of the Trade Act 
                        of 1974 on a date during the period beginning 
                        on July 1, 2021, and ending on the day before 
                        the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                            (ii) the provisions of chapter 3 of title 
                        II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on 
                        such date of enactment, had been in effect on 
                        that date during the period described in clause 
                        (i).
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